Judah the Israelite Plots Against Scourge of Damascus
Judah, an Israelite in Damascus, accepts a dangerous mission to trap and capture the Scourge of Damascus. The king promises citizenship and reward if successful, while Judah prepares by taking two guards and riding toward the plains of Abilene to locate Julian and his band.
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Cassem
Damascus
Julian
Abilene
Judah
Tartarus
Judea
Alin
Albia
Aboul Cassem
Osmir
Selim
Horam
The Case Against Redundant Language in Rhetoric
Frederic M. Bird argues that clichés and tautologies plague modern prose. He cites examples such as Thought to himself and Together with, urging writers to pursue perspicuity and concise expression by avoiding needless words.
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Frederick M. Bird
John
Women Physicians in Russia Through the Emancipation Era
The Chautauquan recounts Nadezhda Susloff as an early prominent Russian woman doctor born a serf, freed in 1861, who excelled in domestic and foreign studies. It notes that by 1870 male professors began teaching women, and within ten years 959 women studied, largely from privileged classes, with several from diverse Christian denominations. In 1877 twenty four students backed by war service earned imperial permission to term themselves women physicians and wear a badge.
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Russia
Chautauquan
Nadezhda Susloff
Nadezhda
Chicago photographer patents nickel in slot photographist
A Chicago photographer invents and patents an automatic photographing machine named the photographist. The device reportedly takes a complete picture in 20 seconds and is described as simple and remarkable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dan Daly Recalls Golf Story Sparked by News Scrap
Dan Daly discusses the origin of his best golf joke as told to a New York World writer. He recalls finding a torn newspaper scrap on the Casino stage about a golfer who wins by finding his ball the same day or a helper who wins if found the next day. The audience preferred the ending where the tale concluded.
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Dan Daly
New York
Broadway
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Johnson Recover
Johnson of 924 Hamilton Street Racine Wisconsin suffered kidney and urinary trouble for years and quit work. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he fully recovered and returned to daily labor, a result considered miraculous by friends who knew his condition.
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Johnson
Racine
Wis
John Johnson
Hamilton Street
Dodd
How Navies Promote Shipbuilding
A discussion in Ainslee's Magazine argues that national naval power drives shipyard growth and ship construction contracts. It notes U S exports in foreign bottoms are small, with around 100 American steamships in foreign trade led by the St Louis St Paul Philadelphia and New York of the American line built by the Cramps and praised for speed and coal economy.
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United States
Uncle Sam
St. Louis
St. Paul
Philadelphia
New York
International Navigation Company
American Line
Cramps
Ainslee’s
St Marys Academy valued for academic rigor and devotion
The notice extols St Marys Academy Notre Dame Indiana for its high standard curriculum like Vassar and Bryn Mawr and for devoted teachers and excellent facilities. It contrasts Senator John W Daniel as a vigorous southern figure and ends with a humorous anecdote about his wish to sit on a soap box in Lynchburg Virginia.
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St. Mary’s Academy
St. Mary’s
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
St. Mary's
John W. Daniel
Lynchburg
America
United States
Senate
Washington
South
Senator Daniel
Virginia
A Judge’s Wife Endorses Peruna For Catarrh
Mrs. Judge McAllister of Minneapolis writes that years of back pain and catarrh ailments vanished after seven weeks on Peruna. She praises the remedy and urges readers to insist on Peruna, cautioning against cheap imitations sold by druggists. Dr Hartman offers free advice to those not helped.
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Judge McAllister
West 33Rd St
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna
Minnie B. McAllister
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Short-Lived Insects And Brief Lifespans In A Summer
The piece notes many insects such as bees wasps moths and beetles die quickly after appearing in summer. Most perish before season end with only a few surviving to next year. Dragonfly nymphs live months in water while the winged adults live at most a few weeks. Some flies even live only a single day without feeding.
Lady Southampton at Queen Alexandra's Court
The piece profiles Lady Southampton wife of Baron Fitz Roy Southampton once Hussars captain. Her beauty kindness and tact are praised as key elements of her popularity at the royal court. Her daughter Dorothy Fitz Roy is four. She was known as Lady Hilda Mary Dundas in her maiden days as daughter of the first Marquis of Zealand.
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Lady Southampton
Queen Alexandra
Great Britain
Baron (Fitz Roy) Southampton
The
Hussars
Dorothy Fitz-Roy
Hilda Mary Dundas
Zealand
New daily Great Rock Island Route to Colorado Service
Colorado advertises a new daily limited service from Chicago to Colorado with same day arrivals in Denver and Colorado Springs including Manitou as a direct line. Offers cheap summer excursions to Colorado and Utah with special low rates on select days and invites readers to write John Sebastain, G. P. A., Chicago for details.
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Great Rock Island
Chicago
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Utah
John Sebastain
Stretching an Injunction and Other Oddities
A judge considers a burglary case where the client seeks an injunction against police interference at work. The lawyer explains the burglar fears being watched. The judge finds the demand reasonable before learning the client’s true occupation. The piece ends with notes on a medical cure ad and a state board raising insurance rates to cover a treasury deficit.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and other remedies advertised
Historical adverts list multiple patent medicines promoting cures for catarrh nerves coughs and teething pains. Includes Hall's Catarrh Cure 750 Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer trial bottle 2.00 and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. Also Piso's Cure for consumption cited by a Trinity Springs reader.
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Mrs. Winslow
John F. Boxes
Trinity Springs
Ind
Excursion Boat Owners face Sabbath Law Prosecution
The owners of an excursion boat that touched Brockville last Sunday are to be prosecuted for violating Ontario Sabbath observance law related to water excursions.
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Brockville
Ontario
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Notre Dame
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Pelvic" Catarra
Pertina
Hamlin
Wizard Oil
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Eternity
Baxter
Nature
Dones
Breight
Binghamton
O. Phelps Brown
Newburgh
C. Singler & Co
South Bend
Wakter
H. D. Folsom Arms
Western Newspaper
UIGH
Detroit
Mich
University OF Notre Dame
St. Edward's Hall
A. Morrissey Es. c
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
School of Art
Boston Normal
School of Gymnastics
W.N.U
Everingham & Co
Commerce Bldg
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